A self-assured warrior stumbles into a game of Go that turns fatal. An ambitious lord leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands. A stubborn father forces his son to give up his wife to his older brother. A powerful priest meddles in the succession to the Lotus Throne. ... more >

In the opening pages of the action-packed Book One of Lian Hearn’s epic Tale of Shikanoko series–all of which will be published in 2016–a future lord is dispossessed of his birthright by a scheming uncle, a mountain sorcerer imbues a mask with the spirit of a great stag for a ... more >

Dear JD Robb, I’m an unabashed fan of the In Death series. This is book 41 and I’m still not sick of it. In the past few years, each book has tended to have one of two possible foci. I call them the more police procedural books or the more ... more >

Young Australian Micah Johnson is the first AFL player to be out at the beginning of his career. Retired professional football player Declan Tyler mentors Micah, but he finds it difficult, as Micah is prone to making poor life choices that land him in trouble. Nothing Dec can’t handle. He’s ... more >

Dear HelenKay Dimon: March is “Series Catch-Up” month in SuperWendy’s TBR challenge, and I chose the second book in the Corcoran Team series released by Harlequin Intrigue. I enjoyed the first installment, Fearless, which introduced the team members and focused on Davis Weeks and Lara Bart (brief review here). Ruthless ... more >

Dear Keira Andrews: Examining oneself in a mirror has become a huge cliche in fiction, but for the character of David Lantz, it’s more than a convenient way of describing what he looks like: it’s his first opportunity to see himself naked. To be admiring his own body was sinfully ... more >

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